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>is the only kind in Nicaragua now, they came in 1984. And they
>are aggressive, very, very aggressive. On a cloudy day I get
>over 100 stings in my suit, easily! And some of them go through
>my suit. Last Saturday with Hurricane Lily passing close by,
>when I went to feed my bees (it is the rainy season down here)
>one of the beehives swarmed at me and my 10 year old son just by
>standing by and talking low. It was scary, but we were
>protected.
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>My question is: How can I get their aggressiveness down? I was
>thinking of importing queens, but that could bring the verroa
>down here. Bees are fairly healthy and we don't really have a
>bee illness to worry about. Can anyone help?
I don't believe you will import Varroa on Queens. Surely with these few bees
it should be possible to see any Varroa on the bees in the cage.
I think it is worthy of discussion, who knows there might be some
one close to our friend in Nicaragua who has a ready answer! Was there not a
post recently regarding AHB being semi immune to Varroa?
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